Chas, N2SH was calling on 80m at the end of the net. I heard him quite well in Louisburg, but obviously Lebo was something of a dead zone for him. Along the same lines, I could barely hear some of the

Single cable to the KX2/KX3 will take care of keying and frequency readout for loads of loggers. I'm currently using CQRlog under Linux but I was using it previously with RUMlogNG under Mac. It's bril

FYI: The Hilltopper, with serial firmware and a USB-Serial cable not only read frequency out to your logging software, it can also key CW macro messages. I used the KX3 setting with mine and it worked

K0B, the Four State QRP special event station, will be on the air again, weather permitting, starting at 2300 UTC (2020-09-11). 1 hour on 20 meters at 14060 and then at 0000 UTC 40 meters on 7122. QTH

This evening netted only 9 contacts for K0B on 40 meters. There were plenty of RBN hits, with well over 100 reports and many of them > 10 dB S/N. There was even one beacon spot from EA8. But 40 meters

Any takers, Peter? I would try to tackle it to give to a grandchild. If still available, email me off list NK8O at arrl dot net. I can send a check or send postage via PayPal. 73, Charles - NK8O

Bert, You have to change the permissions for us to be able to edit this.?? I tried but not dice. 72, Chas - NK8O

Misread. His call is KEoZUW. 73, Charles - NK8O

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Let's sit on this for a while. Honestly, I think if we all made commitments to wear masks, keep our distance, and keep up on hand washing, we could manage. But no one should do anything that will caus

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I hadn't given it a lot of thought, but provided we didn't have a huge crowd, I think we could possibly do this safely. Let me confer with my other infectious disease expert (XYL) and see what she say

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I had my information on the Facebook Group, but not everyone reads Facebook. I was out for perhaps 2 1/2 hours, certainly no more. 5 watts, vertical, 20 meters only. Solar charging and battery power.

I’m missing out on the fun here! 73, Charles - 5H3DX

Hongera bwana! (Congratulations, sir!) Have fun. Such a cool little radio. 72, Charles - 5H3DX NK8O

It’s Q1. If you remove it and the receiver comes to life, you’ve found the problem. Don’t transmit without it but I had two Hilltoppers with this problem. It might have something to do with the charac

Jim, I notice no one has responded to your message. Dead, as in no receive? Dead as in no transmit? I had a problem with two of the Hilltoppers I built with the BS-170 that switches T/R not switching

No problem Johnny. I’m just never sure if I don’t hear NCS or no one is there. 72, Chas - NK8O

I didn’t hear anyone calling for net control on 80 meters, so I eventually called it. QNI: WA0ITP - Terry, IA WN0WWY - Dale, KS N4MJ - Glenn, TN NK8O - Chas, KS NCS Sorry for the late report. I was bu

Mine is somewhere around 3 watts dead key as well. 72, Chas - NK8O

Thanks for the information Bob. I have heard a lot of activity on 75m AM because I often just turn on the radio when I'm in the shack. I'll have to pull out the Hardrock 50 if I really want to be hear

I have the Hilltopper 40 out for 40 meters tonight but I suspect it will be quite long. The bands have been pretty exceptional today - I picked up several 10 DX stations, and had a little rag chew wit